Lisa Miller is internationally known as the healthcare non-labor cost reduction expert.
Over the past 21 years, Lisa has developed; refined and ultimately created proprietary
non-salary cost reduction techniques which has delivered her clients over $250 million
in cost savings.
Her focus is on healthcare strategic supply chain optimization and providing customized training and mentoring programs for hospital materials managers, buyers and all personnel who are a part of the purchasing process. Her training and mentoring programs are built around the skills required for building a world class supply chain.
Lisa is the founder and President of VIE Healthcare which is an international health care consulting firm singularly focused on the business of reducing costs for hospitals and healthcare organizations.
Lisa's experience includes working with community hospitals, rural hospitals, university teaching hospitals, multi-hospital health systems, state hospital associations, regional purchasing cooperative hospital groups, long term care facilities, and large physician groups.
Lisa's reputation for uncovering opportunities where others have found no savings is well known in
the health care industry. She has led large teams in strategic negotiations which has delivered beyond best practices in savings and her contract renegotiations gives health care organizations both immediate and long term financial results.
Education and Certifications
Bachelor of Science, Eastern University
Masters in Healthcare Administration, Seton Hall University
Professional Associations
Member, American College of Healthcare Executives
Member, Healthcare Financial Management Association
Member, Speaker Healthcare Financial Management Association NJ Chapter
Member, Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management
Member, National Equipment Appraisers
Speaking Engagements
Lisa has lectured on non-salary cost reduction techniques, group purchasing organization optimization, physician preference item cost reduction, negotiation strategies and how the supply chain is integral to the revenue improvement process
Pharmacy
Laboratory
Cardiovascular supplies
Surgery
Medical-surgical supplies
Dietary
Contract services
Insurances and benefits
Purchased service contracts
Contract renegotiation
Product standardization
Value analysis
Price benchmarking
Supply utilization
Laundry and linen
Telecommunications
Copiers
Documentation management
Energy management
Office supplies
Capital equipment
Equipment leases
Property leases
service and maintenance contracts
IT
Biomed
physician contracts
Physician preference items
Outsourced dept contracts
Transcription
Human resource vendor contracts
Pricing audits
Staffing agency contracts
340B program
Charity care reimbursement